Urban Invincible Medical Divine

Chapter 139 Blushing

Liu Wentian looked at her curiously, letting her lead him.

Mrs. Xie, seeing this, whispered to Mr. Xie, "Old Xie, look at this boy, Wentian and our daughter might just make a good match. Have you noticed? Our girl always blushes when she looks at Wentian."

"That's great, the young man is quite impressive," Mr. Xie nodded happily. "It would be best if we could have a grandson by the end of the year."

Liu Wentian was still clueless that Mr. Xie was already fantasizing about grandchildren, probably next planning to think of names for them.

He followed Xie Xiaoyu to a corner, and when Xie Xiaoyu stopped, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong? You seem worried; is there some trouble?"

Xie Xiaoyu hesitated for a while, looking somewhat embarrassed, she said, "Liu Wentian, sorry to trouble you, but please don't tell my parents. Things are not going well for me in the city, my salary is very low."

"Uh...You're not doing well?" Liu Wentian was taken aback.

He only knew that Xie Xiaoyu was supposedly an assistant to a star, but he had no idea about her salary.

Xie Xiaoyu gave Liu Wentian a look and forced a smile, "Do you think an assistant who does odd jobs for a star could do well? Especially when I was a personal assistant to Lv Chun before. The agent always caused trouble for me, always finding reasons to dock my pay. I didn't even make 3,000 last month."

In a place like Shenming City, renting the cheapest single room costs about 1,000 a month. With the high expenses here, 3,000 yuan could barely keep a person alive, let alone living well.

"Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense," Liu Wentian nodded and promised.

He didn't ask why Xie Xiaoyu didn't want her parents to know she was struggling.

There was no need to ask.

How many young people from rural areas want to let their family know they're doing poorly in the city?

Then Liu Wentian thought of something and asked in confusion, "Speaking of which, that car isn't yours, is it?"

Less than 3,000 a month is barely enough to support himself, let alone buy and maintain a car.

Xie Xiaoyu, with a blush, nodded, "That Santana was borrowed from a colleague. Actually, I didn't want my parents to come here, but it's been too long since I returned home. They missed me, and last time, someone from the village went back and told them I was having a tough time here. As a result, they got very worried and bought train tickets to come here without telling me."

Xie Xiaoyu's voice choked up as she spoke to the end. She too hoped to do well, to buy a car and a house in the city, making her parents proud, but such things are never easy.

In such a situation, Liu Wentian also didn't know what to say, and only offered reassurance, "Don't think too much. Since the seniors are here, take them around for a good time, at least that way they won't worry about you anymore."

Xie Xiaoyu nodded and asked, "By the way, did you drive your sports car here?"

"Yes, is there a problem?" Liu Wentian asked, puzzled.

"How about you take my car instead and don't drive yours. I'm afraid if my parents see your car later, they might..."

Xie Xiaoyu didn't continue, and Liu Wentian asked curiously, "Might what?"

"I'm afraid if they see your car, you'll truly become the perfect son-in-law in their eyes. Someone with good character and wealth, they will continue to push us together," Xie Xiaoyu said, blushing and looking down.

Liu Wentian paused and, feeling awkward, said, "Okay, I'll just leave my car here then."

Next, the four of them sat in the silver Santana borrowed by Jade and returned to her residence.

Although Jade could borrow a car to pretend things weren't that bad, no one would lend her a place to live. A little over an hour later, they drove into an old neighborhood, stopping at a building covered in rust marks.

The environment here was dirty and messy, a weird smell making one involuntarily frown.

"Mom and Dad, I lived here temporarily. When I first rented it, I leased it for half a year. My salary has increased quite a bit now, and I plan to find a better place after the lease here expires,"

Jade turned off the car and spoke to her parents. However, she wasn't good at lying, and her eyes darted around as she spoke. Thankfully, her naive parents didn't notice anything amiss.

Liu Wentian laughed and said, "Uncle, Auntie, Jade's salary is really high now, she's virtually in the golden collar group. But she's rather frugal, insisting on staying here for a full six months before moving to a better place."

Hearing this, Jade's father looked at her with a hint of pain. He reproached, "You girl, why be so thrifty? You need to spend when it's necessary, don't be too hard on yourself."

Jade's mother didn't speak, but her face also showed signs of distress.

Clearly, her parents didn't favor sons over daughters; they were exceptionally loving towards their daughter.

Jade looked at Liu Wentian gratefully and smiled, "Mom and Dad, don't worry. The lease here expires next month, and I'll find a better place then. Let's go up, I live on the third floor."

The four of them got out of the car and followed Jade to the third floor, only for Jade to suddenly change her expression as she reached a small room at the corner. She saw a pile of her belongings thrown outside, her face looking extremely ugly.

"What happened?" Liu Wentian, seeing the pile of clothes and other personal items thrown outside the door, frowned and asked.

Before Jade could respond, a fat woman, trembling with each step she took, hurried over as if ready to start a fight.

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"Jade, I don't have the patience to fuss with you anymore. Get out of my property today! Consider the extra days you've stayed as a gift from me, just my bad luck for running into a poor wretch like you. Just get out!"

As she spoke, she pointed her trembling, angry finger at Jade's nose, spittle flying everywhere, her face filled with contempt.

"Hurry up and take away all this junk, don't block the hallway. I'm so unlucky to have run into a country bumpkin like you," she snapped, kicking aside a skirt at her feet.

"You..."

Jade, seeing the woman, watched as her parents froze, tears starting to stream down her face.

This woman was her landlord. She didn't have enough money and had delayed the rent by a few days, never expecting her belongings to be thrown out. Normally, she would let it be, but now, with her parents right there,

seeing her parents witness this situation made her feel utterly useless and deeply embarrassed; she almost wished she could just jump off the building and die!

Jade's parents, not fully understanding the situation but seeing their daughter cry, felt heartbroken.

Jade's father, furious, said, "What right do you have to yell at my daughter? Why are you bullying her? How did she provoke you?"

The woman paused, sizing up Jade's father. Thinking of how he still referred to himself as "me", she sneered and said, "I thought who it was, turns out it's just another bumpkin! You're Jade's dad, right? Don't you yell at me!"

With one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Jade, she said, "Your poor daughter can't even pay the rent under a thousand bucks. Can't I throw her stuff out? This is my house, I'll do what I want with it! You country bumpkins should just roll back to your villages, don't come here disgusting us."

After speaking, she even spat out a thick, foul, yellow phlegm directly onto a shirt lying on the ground near Jade.